Peoria, IL — WTVP 47 is pleased to announce the election of a new trustee and slate of officers to the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunication Corporation (IVPTC), the governing body of Central Illinois’ public television station. Many trustees were also re-elected to the board at the Annual Meeting held June 10 in the WTVP Studio.

Mr. Salvador Garza of Galesburg was elected as a new trustee and will serve a three-year term. Mr. Garza is an economic developer for the Illinois Department of Commerce-Economic Development.

Steve Backlund, Chairman of Better Banks, Tom Spurgeon, Business Development Officer of Lincoln Office, and
Peter Wong, owner of Perpetual Jewel, were each re-elected to serve a second three-year term as At Large trustees.

P. Joseph O'Neill, President of G&D Integrated, and Don Ullman, Chairman of the Board of Federal Companies, were each re-elected to the board and will now be serving three-year terms as At Large trustees.

Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation (IVPTC) is the non-profit, community licensee for public television station WTVP 47. Its 31-member volunteer Board of Trustees is comprised of elected individuals representing viewers and educational and cultural institutions from communities all throughout WTVP's 22-county coverage area.

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For further information contact Chet Tomczyk, (309) 677-4747 or chet.tomczyk@wtvp.org